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CAST: Dennis Quaid, James
Caviezel, Elizabeth Mitchell, André Braugher SYNOPSIS: Frank Sullivan (Dennis Quaid) is your
regular all-American hero-firefighter, passionate lover,
responsible father, and baseball fanatic. Thirty years
after his accidental death in a warehouse fire, his son
John (James Caviezel) discovers an old ham radio, and
manages to communicate with his father from 30 years ago,
thanks to a coincidental solar storm known as the aurora
borealis. Things start to get intense when they start
attempting to change the course of history. From inside the ranks of New Line Cinema's
own executives, Toby Emmerich designed a script that is
both smart and enjoyable. What really makes the film work
is that it doesn't attempt to establish itself as an
all-out sci-fi production, complete with complicated
theories and cool gadgets. Rather, it focuses on the
relationship of the father and son, the discovery of the
communication device, and the drama that ensues from
their actions. Dennis Quaid gets special mention for
turning in a strong performance as the puzzled father
trying to help his son rewrite events in their lives. The
story has minor loopholes, but the nostalgic tie-ins,
like the setting during the amazing Mets' World Series
victory in October 1969, makes this movie a definite home
run with the audience.
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